Grief

My own journey to finding a healthy lifestyle has given me insight into the many challenges one encounters. This enables me to bring a high level of empathy, respect, and understanding.

My own journey to finding a healthy lifestyle has given me insight into the many challenges one encounters. This enables me to bring a high level of empathy, respect, and understanding.

I am a HG Psychotherapist working in Jersey in the Channel Islands. Mental health issues can present in many different ways. The most common issues I see are:

I trained and worked as a medical doctor in the NHS for over the past 23 years, specialising as a GP.  I was also an academic researcher and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen where I taught mental health to senior medical students. I have extensive and varied experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems in a variety of settings within the NHS including general practice, accident and emergency departments, and in psychiatric departments. I have experience of mild psychological distress to severe debilitating mental health crises. I am now trained and currently working as a psychotherapist

Using the Human Givans principles and approach I offer practical, solution focused, and effective therapy that draws on the clients own resources to explore and address any unmet emotional needs an

My consultation rooms are in an old farmhouse in Argentière, at the top of the Chamonix valley in France.

My practice in Chamonix has three main areas:

Alongside a successful career in Business IT, I have been studying and working part-time in mental health since 2009. I spent six years working with the NHS in a trauma psychotherapy service.